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Race Unmasked
Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
2073 kr
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Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race …
Race Unmasked
Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2018
571 kr
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Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race …
Troublesome Science
The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race
Av Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall
Inbunden, 2018
585 kr
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It is well established that all humans today, wherever they live, belong to one single species. Yet even many people who claim to abhor racism take for granted that human “races” have a biological reality. In Troublesome Science, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall provide a lucid and forceful critique …
The Remnants of Race Science
UNESCO and Economic Development in the Global South
Inbunden, 2023
1240 kr
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After World War II, UNESCO launched an ambitious international campaign against race prejudice. Casting racism as a problem of ignorance, it sought to reduce prejudice by spreading the latest scientific knowledge about human diversity to instill “mutual understanding” between groups of people. This …
The Remnants of Race Science
UNESCO and Economic Development in the Global South
Häftad, 2023
315 kr
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After World War II, UNESCO launched an ambitious international campaign against race prejudice. Casting racism as a problem of ignorance, it sought to reduce prejudice by spreading the latest scientific knowledge about human diversity to instill “mutual understanding” between groups of people. This …
Monstrous Conceptions
A History of Race, Disability, and Reproductive Medicine in the United States
Av Miriam Rich
Inbunden, 2026
1240 kr
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In the nineteenth century, American medical practitioners helped craft a new science of monsters. The term “monstrous birth” had long been applied to newborns with congenital conditions such as anencephaly. When practitioners redefined “monstrosity” in scientific terms, they claimed to be stripping …
Monstrous Conceptions
A History of Race, Disability, and Reproductive Medicine in the United States
Av Miriam Rich
Häftad, 2026
315 kr
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In the nineteenth century, American medical practitioners helped craft a new science of monsters. The term “monstrous birth” had long been applied to newborns with congenital conditions such as anencephaly. When practitioners redefined “monstrosity” in scientific terms, they claimed to be stripping …
Ordering the Human
The Global Spread of Racial Science
Av Eram Alam, Dorothy Roberts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1375 kr
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Modern science and ideas of race have long been entangled, sharing notions of order, classification, and hierarchy. Ordering the Human presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the racialization of science in various global contexts, illuminating how racial logics have been …
Ordering the Human
The Global Spread of Racial Science
Av Eram Alam, Dorothy Roberts m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
349 kr
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Modern science and ideas of race have long been entangled, sharing notions of order, classification, and hierarchy. Ordering the Human presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the racialization of science in various global contexts, illuminating how racial logics have been …
Colored Insane
Slavery, Asylums, and Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 2025
1240 kr
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The nineteenth century in the United States witnessed the end of slavery and the expansion of another form of confinement: the asylum. How did enslaved and free Black people encounter psychiatric institutions? How were notions of mental disability used to reinforce slavery and Jim Crow? And how did …
Colored Insane
Slavery, Asylums, and Mental Illness in the Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 2025
315 kr
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The nineteenth century in the United States witnessed the end of slavery and the expansion of another form of confinement: the asylum. How did enslaved and free Black people encounter psychiatric institutions? How were notions of mental disability used to reinforce slavery and Jim Crow? And how did …
The Race Variable
How Statistical Practices Reinforce Inequality
Av Jay Kaufman
Inbunden, 2025
1119 kr
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From social science and biomedical research to government and media reporting, statistics on racial and ethnic disparities are everywhere. The numbers we typically encounter, however, are not straightforward comparisons. Researchers analyze data using adjustments such as regression models that are …
The Race Variable
How Statistical Practices Reinforce Inequality
Av Jay Kaufman
Häftad, 2025
281 kr
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From social science and biomedical research to government and media reporting, statistics on racial and ethnic disparities are everywhere. The numbers we typically encounter, however, are not straightforward comparisons. Researchers analyze data using adjustments such as regression models that are …
The Uses of Diversity
How Race Has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology
Häftad, 2025
281 kr
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Race, it is widely understood, is a social category that has no genetic basis, yet biological notions of race keep reemerging. Attempts to redress disparities in biomedical research emphasize recruiting racially representative trial participants. Forensic use of DNA evidence purports to pinpoint …
The Uses of Diversity
How Race Has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology
Inbunden, 2025
1076 kr
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Race, it is widely understood, is a social category that has no genetic basis, yet biological notions of race keep reemerging. Attempts to redress disparities in biomedical research emphasize recruiting racially representative trial participants. Forensic use of DNA evidence purports to pinpoint …
